Judges 1:19-36

Lexham English Bible

¹⁹ And Yahweh was with Judah, and he took possession of the hill country, but they could not drive out the inhabitants of the plain because they had chariots of iron. ²⁰ They gave Hebron to Caleb just as Moses said, and he drove out the three sons of Anak from there. ²¹ But the descendants^[a] of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites^[b] who lived in Jerusalem, so the Jebusites have lived among the descendants^[c] of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this day.

²² Likewise, the house of Joseph went up against Bethel, and Yahweh was with them. ²³ And the house of Joseph spied out Bethel (the former name of the city was Luz). ²⁴ And when the spies saw a man leaving the city,^[d] they said to him, “Please show us the entrance of the city, and we will deal kindly^[e] with you.” ²⁵ So he showed them the entrance of the city, and they struck the city with the edge of the sword,^[f] but they let go the man and all his family. ²⁶ And the man went to the land of the Hittites, and he built a city and named it Luz; this is its name to this day.

²⁷ Manasseh did not drive out Beth-Sean and its towns, or Taanach and its towns, or the inhabitants^[g] of Dor and its towns, or the inhabitants of Ibleam and its towns, or the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns; the Canaanites^[h] were determined to live in this land. ²⁸ And it happened, when Israel grew strong, they put the Canaanites^[i] to forced labor, but they never totally drove them out. ²⁹ Ephraim did not drive out the Canaanites^[j] living in Gezer, so the Canaanites^[k] lived in their midst in Gezer. ³⁰ Zebulun did not drive out the inhabitants of Kitron or Nahalol, so the Canaanites^[l] lived in their midst and became subjected to forced labor. ³¹ Asher did not drive out the inhabitants of Acco, Sidon, Ahlab, Aczib, Helbah, Aphik, or Rehob, ³² so the Asherites^[m] lived in the midst of the Canaanites,^[n] the inhabitants of the land, for they did not drive them out.

³³ Naphtali did not drive out the inhabitants of Beth Shemesh or Beth-anath, but lived in the midst of the Canaanites,^[o] the inhabitants of the land; the inhabitants of Beth Shemesh and Beth-anath became forced labor for them.

³⁴ The Amorites pressed^[p] the descendants^[q] of Dan to the hill country, and they did not allow them to come down to the plain; ³⁵ the Amorites were determined to live in Har-heres,^[r] in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim, but the hand of the house of Joseph was heavy on them, and they became subjected to forced labor. ³⁶ The border of the Amorites^[s] ran from the ascent of Akrabbim from Sela and upward.